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c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, daniel@haxx.se, et al. SPDX-License-Identifier: curl Long: parallel-immediate Help: Do not wait for multiplexing (with --parallel) Added: 7.68.0 Category: connection curl Multi: boolean Scope: global See-also:

• parallel
• parallel-max Example:
• --parallel-immediate -Z $URL -o file1 $URL -o file2

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--parallel-immediate

When doing parallel transfers, this option instructs curl to prefer opening up more connections in parallel at once rather than waiting to see if new transfers can be added as multiplexed streams on another connection.

By default, without this option set, curl prefers to wait a little and multiplex new transfers over existing connections. It keeps the number of connections low at the expense of risking a slightly slower transfer startup.